Show of Red Army In hi Soviet Russia Complete Staff Correspondent t l of Amsterdam j Tells of Personal Observation About Military i Force Organized Organized Or Or- by vist Government By 13 Associated Press ni-ess PressA A A I Feb 23 A A tour lour of soviet Russia a has lias been ma made e h b by a astaff stuff staff correspondent of the who is writing a series of articles describing con conditions throughout out the country and in in inthe t the c army as coming under his personal at observation ion He lie deals with wit the tho morale of the soviet soviet- armies the compulsory military system the ridicule of atrocities reported in ir the foreign press divisions in the red army over o bolshevism and aIl l the tho well to as well a as the poor in the t c soviet regime lUc I Russia has been completely mobilized mo- mo ho he says with all the tho able- able bodied men or of the country countr from rom be le minimum fighting I ago age up to 35 years and with witla officers regardless 88 of or age There in is no alternative o an and th they j arc are obliged to fight under the general administration ad nIl ministration of oC the commissaries who 1 are Bolshevist to the tho backbone backbone- TiLLS This i operates J ver very ery effectively ely A soldier who deserts betrays tho the cause or otherwise falls fails in hl his duty dUly is shot or Jr I if f he succeeds in escaping his family I is s held accountable 1 Arm Army In Jn Detail The rhe correspondent ent who apparently tried to vl view w thin things s from rom a a. fair and neutral standpoint dined with several Bolshevik lk officers officers' messes while en route to Moscow fron ron the tho Polish front and had opportunity to study the tho Red lied arm army In detail The soldiers he says are arc polite and there seems to bo a 0 quiet and agreeable 16 discipline Tho The pay Is rubles a IL month for a tL soldier 3 OO for fora or orL a L company leader and 4 OO for tOI a 1 regimental regimental regimental regi regi- mental leader The former generals of oC the czars czar's army six of whom are aro arenow arenow aronow now serving ser on staff get rubles ruble a month Nobody In Russia receives a larger salar salary wilh with the ex- ex o of Lenine no now flOW gets g-ets J zubIe a n. month gery Fery Red lied arm army corps has a a. hoard board of oC commissaries and besides there 1 It is isa a fl jar fur for evel every re regiment ion lon brigade adu and division lon They lh wear as a distinction a red star on tho the left breast on which are arc embossed a hammer hammer ham ham- mer and a llou plough h. h with a n. silver laurel branch all around and under It the distinction of oC their arms arias a small machine nui- nui I chine gun sun t two wo cross crossed l sabres or the like c. c I Officers Officer Called Coiled leri I The officers In this thus army are arc called leaders an and the they wear an arm arm band bearing tho the soviet oviet coat cont of arms anti and embroidered beneath are the tho grade rado I markings one two three or four I blocks ck I IThe r f The Red fled arm army ho says Is not led 1 t II by tho the young oun proletariat but by the decadent Tho TIre contrast between various types lpes in the tho officers officers' mess meSH at near the tho Polish front proved striking tho the correspondent says The brigade e commander was a charming gentleman formerly a colonel I In the czars czar's arm army and speaking beautiful beautiful beau beau- French he asserts Of the two I commissars one has almost an aristocratic aristo- aristo cratic appearance the thu other Is a big I tall tail unshaVen brute with a sinister face Art After r so 80 long underestimating ng the strength of the Red lied army one must not I Inow now exaggerate It the correspondent I declares saying that a year yar ago It I would have been a ridiculous army 1 I hut but now Its Strength lies chiefly In the J had tact fact that its ilS opponents onon ara au worse off ott |